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Leather is an item that was added along with the introduction of cows. It can be acquired by killing cows and horses, which may drop 0-2 pieces of leather upon death, or rarely from fishing.

Leather is used to craft the lowest tier of armor, leather armor. 24 pieces are required to craft the full set. Leather armor is the weakest armor, and not too difficult to obtain, but sometimes much harder than finding iron.

Leather is also required for the crafting of books, which in turn are needed to create bookshelves and the Enchantment Table. Leather is also needed to craft Item Frame which is used to display your items or blocks.

Obtaining

From cows

Cows drop up to 2 pieces of leather upon death.

From horses

Horses drop up to 2 pieces of leather upon death.

From fishing

Leather is a rare drop that can be obtained from fishing.

As a crafting ingredient

File:Leather armor.PNG

The player equipped with a full set of leather armor.

Coloredclothes

A player equipped with a full set of dye colored leather armor (as of 1.4.2).

Name Ingredients Crafting recipe
Book Paper +
Leather


Item Frame Stick +
Leather

Leather Boots Leather

Leather Cap Leather

Leather Horse Armor Leather

Leather Pants Leather

Leather Tunic Leather

Achievements

Main article: Achievements
Icon Achievement In-game description Prerequisites Actual requirements (if different) Version restriction Gamerscore Trophy type
Advancement-plain-raw Cow Tipper Harvest some leather Time to Strike! Pick up leather from the ground. None 15G Bronze

History

a
1.0.8Added cows and leather.
Changed recipe for leather armor from cloth to leather. (Leather armor was previously crafted with wool, and was called "cloth armor" in the game code.)
1.0.17 (Seecret Friday 8)Chickens would drop leather if killed by fire or fall damage. This has since been fixed.
1.2.0_01Armor no longer blocks damage (bug).
1.2.1_01Armor bug fixed.
r
1.3.112w17aLeather is now required to craft books.
1.4.2
Leather armour can now be dyed
1.6.113w16aHorses now drop leather.
1.7.213w36aLeather can be obtained as one of the "junk" items in fishing, making it possible to obtain it without killing cows or horses.
Legacy Console Edition
TU1Added leather.
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